Lore says that the “Ten Lords A-Leaping” represent the Ten Commandments.

If the creation/evolution debate is the greatest faith topic in modern culture, then the Ten Commandments is a close second. A constant debate over the separation of Church and State in America surrounds the display of the Ten Commandments in public places. Is our display of a granite monument on which are written the words of Exodus 20:1-17 a creation of a national religion? That’s for the courts to debate. What we must consider is how we should display the Ten Commandments in our lives.

It is easy for us to fall prey to the belief that if we display outward signs of faith, then our inward hearts do not matter. The opposite is the truth. 1 Samuel 16:7 says, “The Lord does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.” What God cares about more than our actions is the heart that drives us. We can obey God’s commands all our lives, but if we do so out of selfish desire or a need to fit in, then we fail to honor God.

What God wants from us is not that we would be people who praise God with our lips and curse Him in our hearts, but that we would be people who love God in our hearts and, through our hearts, honor Him with our actions. God doesn’t want obedient slaves; He wants men and women with hearts tuned to pleasing God.